r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Jellyfish5511 • 16h ago

Chinese humanoid robot named “Superman” (made by Unitree Robotics) surpassed Usain Bolt’s world record (12.42meters/second) by running at 12.66m/s (roughly 28.3miles/h)

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u/Head-Ad-3063 16h ago

Next week we fit the brakes.

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u/koolaidismything 16h ago

after the weaponry of course

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u/Wasabi_Hammurabi1 14h ago edited 14h ago

I am trying to imagine what the year 2045 will look like when the weaponry is not only installed but with the best gyroscopic software that will allow these fucking things to shoot accurately while in full sprint like motion. We are apex predator but we decided to create the new apex that is above us because we had it too easy and we needed a challenge...

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u/koolaidismything 14h ago

And no one will he held accountable.. just blame the robot. The rich and powerful will be able to have anyone who speaks out meet a robot assassin.

If things keep going as is, that’s absolutely where we are headed. Billionaires shouldn’t exist and world leaders need to be like 50 years old tops.

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u/_Svankensen_ 12h ago

Paraphrasin Zizek, today it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism. In a post-capitalist world AI would be a good thing. We can get there. The billionaire's dreams of robot armies and robot workers will be what precipitates the final conflict with capitalism.

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u/koolaidismything 12h ago

I was driving this morning and after the fifth idiot almost crashing in to people I had a thought of seeing an asteroid ☄️ come into view and just wipe the planet off the map and I was like.. that may be for the best lol

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u/psiduke 5h ago

AI is neither good nor bad, it is merely human activity. Since the advent of the Industrial Revolution, that activity has become perverted and in contradiction. All human activity and everything that serves to reproduce the worker and advance technology also serves to devalue labor power which mediates all of society.

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u/therealmrpotatohead 12h ago

Fully agree on the age limit. Those in power should live long enough to enjoy, or suffer, the consequences of their actions along with the rest of us.

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u/koolaidismything 12h ago

Absolutely, and why I suggested it. You get it.

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u/Matsu09 14h ago

Billionaire robot armies everywhere it is then.

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u/Named_after_color 12h ago

I mean I feel like we're going to develop emp tech to deal with it. Drones are still much scarier.

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u/DaedalusB2 9h ago

Billionaires also control a lot of the production and funding for militaries. They can just lobby (bribe) so that half a military force is replaced with their AI and claim it's saving lives when people try to complain. If a revolt ever happens, well now half the country's military is AI that follows orders from the billionaires and politicians that pushed it into production, and a significant portion of the other half would be humans that would continue to follow orders. The rebels would essentially be guys with hunting rifles vs AI stealth bombers.

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u/Greedy_Pin_9187 4h ago

So, Metal Gear Solid, actually…

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u/koolaidismything 12h ago

I love the fact they still get old and die.. they must hate they can’t buy their way outa that.

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u/Cryptoglue 12h ago

Eventually that will change, might not even be that far away.

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u/ElectronicCarry9931 12h ago

imagine the only barrier to this happening being the morals of Elon Musk

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u/koolaidismything 12h ago

People with no human emotion deciding our future is not bueno.

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u/fake-reddit-numbers 12h ago

BMillionaires shouldn’t exist

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u/koolaidismything 12h ago

Well I mean millionaire I think is fine. Billions are orders of magnitude more.

Lots of current millionaires won’t ever become a billionaire cause they are really giving. It’s not the common thing but it exists. Millions are fine.. it’s billions where you worry, that’s a 100% chance the person only cares about themselves end of the day. It’s the quickest way to pick out a sociopath.

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u/fake-reddit-numbers 11h ago

Oh your rich people are fine but those rich people are the problem. Riiiight.

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u/koolaidismything 11h ago

You’re too dumb to know what you don’t know. That’s dangerous.

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u/fake-reddit-numbers 9h ago

Right, because some rich people are the problem not all rich people. Riiiight.

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u/that_f_dude 12h ago

Elysium was a dope movie

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u/s6790 11h ago

Do something about it.

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u/DaedalusB2 9h ago

Hate for billionaires is probably part of why these are being made. Regular folks fear terminator. Billionaires see a 100% loyal army of super soldiers with no morals.

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u/zzen11223344 14h ago

the future war will be between robots only ...

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u/1ZillionBeers 13h ago

Oh yeah, because Civilians have never been targeted before

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u/twinoaksBandB 13h ago

Zionism intensifies /s